Roller seeding-machine.



- 'PATENTED MAR-.20, 1906.

J.'T. MAYHEW. ROLLER SEEDING MACHINE;

APPLICATION FILED JULY 25. 1906.

UNITED sri iigs PATENT j orFIoE.

' JAMES r. MAYHEW, vor GHINO, CALIFORNIA.

ROLLER SEEDlNG-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented March 20, 1906.

- Application filed July 25, 1905. Serial No. 2171,,228'.

To an whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES T. .MAYHEW, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Chino, in the county of San Bernardino and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Roller Seeding-Machines, of which the following is a specification. a

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and reliable machine for planting all kinds of seed and grain adapted to be planted in'rows or drills, to provide a machine of simple construction that will drill a furrow 'for the seed, automatically deposit the seed in the drill, and cover the same up and roll and smooth the ground in which the seed or grain is planted. I accomplish these objects by means of the machine herein described and shown in the accompanymg drawings, 1n

Figure 1 is a side elevation of. my improved seeder. Fig. 2 is afront elevation ofthe same,

' and Fig.3 is a fragmentary detail of the feeding device.

The machine consists, essentially, of the frame A, rectangular in shape uponwhlch 1s transversely mounted the feeder-box B. In

the frame is mounted a leveling-roller C (this roller may be divided into a number of'rollers) 1 and two front supporting wheels D, placed on the swivel E at the front of the machine. Disposed between the wheels and the rollers are the drill-making disks F, which cut into the soil,making furrows into which the seed is dropped. The disks F are supported by the toggle-bars'G and the supportingbars H. The other ends of the togglebars are pivoted on the supports I, secured'to the frame. The supporting-bars H are pivotally connected to the lever J on the shaft K. On this shaft K is mounted a regulatinglever L, by the movement of which the disks F can be raised or lowered, thereby making the drill deeper or shallower, as required. T-

Extending longitudinally through the feedboX B is a'revoluble' shaft M, on which'are mounted the agitator-wheels N, which serve to stir the seed in order that the seed shall not. clog the holes 0 through which it passes.

The shaft M is rotated by means of the thereby regulate thesize of the sprocket-wheel T,m'ounted on its extremity, and the chain U, which connects witha similar sprocket-wheel on the shaft of the roller C.

There are as many agitator-wheels as there r are disks, and also the same number 'of holes in t he bottom of-the feed-box B. The agitators are disposed above the feed-holes, and the holes are located above the disks. On the bottom of the feeder-box B are placed two metal slide-plates, the bottom one P being stationary and having feed-holes therethrough, the top slide P being movable longitudinally along andon the lower slide and is also provided with feed-holes. It will be seen that by moving the top plate the two 6 sets of holes may be made to register more or less exactly, increasing or decreasing the openings through thesi'des, thereby feeding the-seed faster or slower, as desired. The

movement of the slide P is effected by means 7o 'disks, into the drills formed by the disk. The

drills are then rolled over and filled up by the rollers. -8 5 A drag to assistin filling the seed-drills may be arranged to drop on the ground in front 'of the roller and behind the disks betweenthe paths of the disks and partially fill the seed-drills after they are'formed and before the roller reaches them. I have not shown nor claimed this drill-filling attachment, as it is not essential to the successful working of my seeder, but may be used to advantage under certain circumstances.

Having described my lnventlon, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a roller seeding-machine, the combination with a main frame, hopper and roller, of I00 toggle-bars G pivotally supported upon the frame, a shaft carried thereby, drill-making grain behind the disks.

disks carried by the shaft, supporting-bars In Witness that I claim the foregoing I pivotally connected with the toggle-bars, a l have hereunto subscribed my name this 19th shaft K and levers J secured to the shaft and day of July, 1905. to which the supporting-bars are pivotally leading from the hopper for discharging I0 JAMES T. MAYHEW. connected and a regulating-lever L for regulating the shaft K, and positively raising and lowering the drill-making disks, and spouts Witnesses:

HENRY T. HAZARD, MARGARETE C. N IOKELESON. 

